August 8 - 21, 2017
Philippine Showbiz Today
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ABS-CBN files $5M lawsuit vs. pirated TFC boxes sellers
genuine ABS-CBN internet
subscription service and
that is TFC.tv. To purchase
a legitimate subscription
call 1-855-832-2632 or
go to TFC.tv .”ABS-CBN
Canada Country Manager
Jun Del Rosario said,
“Under ABS-CBN Global
COO Raffy Lopez, we have
The Techspeed TV Box offerings (TFC logo on upper left corner); done our best to deliver the
best Filipino shows on our
Todd Ross of Techspeed Canada Inc
platforms that give viewers
International news and stated:
“ABS-CBN more choice and flexibility.
entertainment company alleges that Techspeed We urge the Filipino
ABS-CBN served today a Canada Inc., Joe Baddas, community in Canada to
Statement of Claim issued Ferdinand Molina and
in
Canadian
Federal Todd Ross were taking
Court against Techspeed advantage of ABS-CBN’s
Canada Inc., Joe Baddas, premium
subscription
Ferdinand Molina and service
through
its
Todd Ross for damages digital platform, TFC.
of over $5 million for tv, by registering over 78
copyright
infringement, emails and distributing the
trademark infringement usernames and passwords
and enabling and inducing to hundreds of customers.
copyright infringement of These customers were
ABS-CBN’s copyrighted participating in this illegal
works.
activity by paying the
The lawsuit alleges that Techspeed group and
Techspeed Canada Inc., giving access to their credit
Joe Baddas, Ferdinand card information.”
Molina and Todd Ross sold
Lawrence
added:
set-top boxes that enabled “Beware
of
these
buyers to access hundreds operations that are not
of ABS-CBN’s copyrighted licensed or affiliated in
movies and TV shows. On any way with ABS-CBN. If
Facebook, Baddas and you have any suspicions
Ross are seen making a that they are not affiliated
business presentation to with ABS-CBN, please
new recruits, teaching call the ABS-CBN office
them how to buy and sell in the US or Canada to
the set-top boxes.
verify. We will continue
ABS-CBN’s
AVP to protect customers by
& Head of Global Anti- shutting these operations
Piracy, Elisha Lawrence down. There is only one
be on the lookout for those
who seek to undermine
intellectual
property
rights and make money
illegally from copyright
infringement. These are
pirates doing criminal
activities. They will be
caught. Their customers
will end up losing their
illegal subscriptions. So,
you don’t want to fall
victim to that scheme.
Always go to our website
TFC.tv to ensure that you
are purchasing from the
genuine TFC.”
Lipkus,
David
counsel for ABS-CBN in
Canada, said, “ABS-CBN
will continue to take all
necessary steps to control
access to its content. ABS-
CBN invests tremendous
resources into its high-
quality, original content,
and will continue to ensure
that
Canadians
have
access to legitimate ABS-
CBN content directly from
ABS-CBN.”●
- ABS-CBN News